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ASHBVIIXB N. C. SATURDAY MORNING JULY 22, 1905
PRICB FIVB CENTS
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TERRIFIC EXPLOSION ON BOARD UNITED
STATES ; GUNBOAT HURLS
; SOULS TO ETERNITY AN
THIRTY
-NINE
INJURES 100
Disastrous Catastrophe Overtakes Seamen In Sa
'Dlego Harbor- Human Bodies Were Thrown a
Hundred Feet In the Air by Force of
Explosion- Hardly One of 260 Es
caped Bodily Injury
DEFECTIVE BOILER SAID TO
CAUSE OF TERRIBLE
BE
ACCIDENT
Terrible Scenes Presented on Board the Bennington
--Blood and Wreckage Covered all Parts of
the ShipSection of the Upper DeGk
( Completely Torn AwayShock
Penetrated Entire Vessel
Hume
For a
Ban Diego, Cal., July 81. Twenty- cove-cd with blood anl ash, .
right m? in bora of the, crow of the lxll"s may never be Identified.
United Statei gunboat BennliiKton Ions time the hut tum prevented
were killed and nearly 100 sailors acciss to th- spac-. between decks,
were Injured, some fatally. nt 10 . where 'most of the dead bodies lay.
o'clock thin forenoon by a boiler ex-and 1: was not until lite in ihe after
plosion that disabled the vests I In 'noon that the km were removed from
San Diego harbor. Fifteen sailors are j the boll, r rooms. Several bodies wen
mlsvlng. ( There were more than 200 so tightly wedged in by a bulkhead
men aboard ihe warship when the tic-! that th? woo.lwoik had to be hewed
cident occurred and many wrre hurled ! away to free them.
or forced lo jump Into th- sea by the
terrific explosion which lifted part of
the deck and compelled the beaching
of the ship.
, Waa Lying In Harbor.
A The Bennington at the time of the
accident was lying in the ". earn just
Q the, Conxmerciat wharf .at li s,trea::
Tho- warship had received orders from
the navy ..department -at Washington
i salt trila morning for Port Hart
ford td'meit the m 1 1 or Wyoming
and convey the monYor to Mare Is
bind navy yard, San Fram-isco. Steam
was up and everything was in read
Inesa for the departure of the Ben
nington, when the starboard forward
boiler exploded with, a deafening roar.
The explosion w is terrific. Peaple
standing on the shore saw a huge
cloud of s earn rise above the Ben
nlngton. Columns of water were
forced high Inlo the air. A dozen or
fifteen men were blown overboard by
the force of the explosion. (.'apt.
Wcntworth, who was looking at the
Bennington whn the disaster occur
red, says he saw human" bodies hurled
over a hundred feet upward. The all
was clouded with smoke, which en
veloped Ihe ship. When the haze
cleared away only a few men couW be
seen pn the decks, while numbers were
floundering in the water. A bo-it was
lowered from the vessel's side and
most of the men In the water were
picked up and taken on board.
Terrible Scents.
On board the Bennington Were pre
sented ten Ible scenes. The force of
the exploslonViad torn a great hole in
the starboard side or the ship an the
vessel was already commencing' to
list.: . A section of the upper deck aa
carried away from stem to stern.
Blood and wreckage was. distributed
over-the -entire ship, the after cabin
and that part of the. ship adjicent to
the exploded boiler resembling a
charnei house. The shock of the ex
Dlosion penetrated every sect-ion of
the ship,- tlood and ashes being found
as far as the etorn of the captain's
cabin.' Oreat damage was done in all
parts Of the shlrij
The boiler which exploded, It Is
said, was regarded as unsafe. Com
mander Young -Mated that during a
recent return, trip from Honolulu the
iram nressure was ken; reduced in
that particular boiler. t
. At; the time of the accident . Com
mander Luclen Young and Surgeon
P. E.. Peck were n shore. The two
officers, as . soon they , learned of
... rthmnter. hurried to :. the water
front 1 Commander Young, as soon as
he reached the Ulp. gave orde.a that
the air-tight compartments be closed
to prevent the Hating ship from
sinking and thai the magaxlnes ' be
flooded o avert further . explosions.
He then beached the ship nt high tide.
Hurried to Rescue. j "
The ferry boat Ramina, which was
crossing the bay at th time of the
accident, changed Its course and hur
ried to the aid of the stiicken war
ship. The government launch.. Generil
DeRussey and large number of oth
er launches and witer craft which
were about at 1he time also rushed to
the assistance of the Bennington. By
the time the Rimona : reached the
Bennington many of the sailors of the
Bennington who had jumped Into the
bay to escape 'he sdldlna-stesim had
been rescued by rmait enui.
A Tangled Mats.
Tha ship's Interior woiks are a
tangled mass of machinery, and the
vessel probably will have to be dis
mantled co repair the Injuries, If in
deed the warship is not a tofal loss.
Lieut. Yates, executive "officer in
charge of the Bennington nt the time
of the disaster was In the aft cabin,
He jushed OU''., to b? met by. a, blind
In."' scalding cloud nt 'stenin ' as it
swept the vessel. Speaking of the oc
currence, he. said:
"I must have remained seated In
my chair several seconds after it oc
curred and did not know what had
happened. I then rushed out nnl the
steam, ev.?n at the extreme after part
of the shin, was so dense that I could
not get a breath of air until I
ascended the rail. a,
"As I ra.i forward I passed one of
our boys ciawllng along. There was
no time to attend to individual cases
us there were so many. About 30 of
the boys were on the foredeck, nil se
verely wounded. I called for men tr
man the boats, and only a dozen men
Including officers, responded at that
moment. All of the ret were In
iured.- blinded or hnd been thrown
overboard."
The navy department has received a
report to the effect that Lieutenant Vic
tor Bluj, one of the officer of the Ben
nington, was taken to the hospital yes
terday 'suffering from an acute attack
of .appendicitis.
particulars can be obtained will wire.
Bequest d pnrtment to notify nearest
relatives. ,
"(Signed) TOtNO."
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WHAT WAS THE SCORE.
; I.i)dm, July 21
nia tourunmi'iit m
tn the opening of
pionsulp round m
Davis rup bet we.
-The ten
Wlmbledon. the (-ham-Hie
Dwlght
the Ameri
can and Kngltsh i, huh, was ex
ceptionally brllll in- Although
Ihe Ameitca.ii representative.
Holcomb Ward and Wllllum
A. Turned, were b.nten In the
singles, thi-y stK-eet-ded In
making English beans AND
THKN THK 1'ltKSS WIRK
-m'STriJ." -
RAll FPQ WPPP tr Tn
nunu unit iw Panama for several months and she
BE IN BAD CONDITION !"i"lt'd ',xm Btt" 1"KO ",,,y lne
1 before ahe Betililnisi"n airlved at that
IKirt on her way t" S.ni rranelsi-o. The
monitor when -near r.n i ll.irfonl drop
p'd one of her prii - II- r and became
almost unmulMgealili . she made her
Washlnglon. Jul 21. The Hen-
ningtoii hud lour eyllndrii-al slralwht-;
way boilers, cominonly culled locomo- 1
live gunboil L ill: x. Kaeh boiler nasi
17 feet and ! Inehen Ling and V fei-t
and 9 liu-h. s in diameter. They wen-1
originally designed tn curry ICO pmnuls-
of steam In cruising. The boilers were
IS years old. according l the reeotds
In the dei.irlm nt, hut were ii-tubed
In 1903-04. The admiral .if the Pa
cific fleet In Oelidjei. 1IKH, reported to
Ihe navy department that the boilers
were In need of repairs, but that the
repairs weie nut iirgeni.
A report from the nglneer omV r
of the ship, received a' the depart-I
ment about the sun,- time, was thiti
t lie' boilers geneially wei-e in J our con
dition, but tha! Ill' Inteiuil condi
tions' of the boilers were good. In i
May last the Bi-nnlng nn was sent to
the Mare Island navy yaid. where tem
porary repairs were made on her holl
ers to put her In cruising condition.
It Is stilted u the bureau of steam
engineering that there has be(i noth-
ng In the reports coming to the de
partment- to show that the boilers
were In an unsafe condition.
CITIZEN WIRE
WENT "DEAD"
At Two O'clocK This Morning
the Associated Press Re
ports Ceased
RECENT STORMS SUP
POSED RESPONSIBLE
way to a sheltered "e it Port Har
ford und the Bennli Kt"ii. then at Sun
lilego, wus-ordered to ko o the aid
of the disabled monitor and to tow h r
to this jsirt. It was expected th-it the
gunboat would sail ttoni he southern
port on her errand today.
NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICER ESCAPD
Telegroph Operator Heard
Funny Noises and Thought
He Had 'Em
GETS LIMIT FOR
ASSAULT ON PARK
Judge Declares Ho Would
Give Bomford 20 Years I
. He Had the Opportunity
List of Dead
Waeihlngron, July 21. The navy de
partment tonight received the following
telegram from Commander oung, of the
Bennington:
At 10:15 o'clock this morning, while
making preparations for getting under
way, with all hands at their stations.
the top of th lower furnace of boiler B
exploded, forcing the boiler astern In
contact with boiler A, which waa also
forced astern and exploded. The fol
lowing are the e3Fualtes. Dead:
J. -New-comb, boatswain's mate, sec
ond class-; B. A. Hugh , ordinary sea
man: G. Brown ee, seaman: A. Bensel,
fireman, second class; A. Kammerera,
fireman, second class; W. W, Wright,
coal passer; C. Haggblett. coal passer;
E. O. Dredge, coal paeser; tN. It. Par
ish, coil passer; F. J. Gelse; coal pass
r: C. J. Kunta. coal passer; seven
unidentified on shore and .seven on
board unidentified.
"Seriously Injured: Lieutenant Perry,
H. F. Saunders, apprentice; a W. W.
Flckweiler, seaman; 3. H. Hunt, oilr;
J. E. Else!, ship's cook; E. B. Fergu
son, chief machinist's mite; R. . A.
House, apprentice - seaman; A. H.
Cchogge, seaman; J. P. Hllschar. sea
man; F. . Brobinson, ordinary s amas;
O. A. Tolley, chief gunner's mate; F. A.
Brown, machinist's mate; J. McN-anney,
fireman, first class; C. C. Chults,' coal
paecer: P. Carpenter, - ordinary sea
man; W. Sehacklett, hospital steward;
C. T. Clark chief machinist's nrs.e; U.
C. Chambers, seaman; Ensign Sahms,
hand badly burned. -
Soma Blown Ovsrbeard..
"Several supposed to be blown over
board and drowned.
'Vessel listed eonslderably td star
board, commenced to settle Immediate
ly. Flooded mignsinee and with the
assistance of tug I beached her on East
bank b .ween two wharves at high tide.
has been given by
The removal fI the wnunucu ih i-.n, --""'-' " b'";"
tha blD was conducted in 'perfect or-1 the people here and all doctors In She
der The crews of the DeRussey and .city volunteered wrvk.es. The wound-..-
iw knts aided In picking upled are In thf different hospitals and
...aa .,itor and iransfening, h ive every attention. Captain Scott
them to shore. ' . , '
U w Navev be Known
The bodies of iwny of the mrn fak
kindly offered San Diego be tracks and
m-lll ouarter men vhere. Seven bodies
petuned behind boll rs untable to Identl-
en from the wrS'd Interior or me,i,. v Ui..n -"-j tu
-m, w. mn il ,t-d almost beyond them. Vessel almost a total wretk and
recognition. - The faces of many were will need assistance. Soon as farther
BENNINGTON HAD JUST
San Francisco. July 21. The B n-
nlngton is a sister ship of the Yorktown
nd Concord, having the same dimen
sions, tonnage, speed and nrmnnient.
She -h! a length of 230 feet, breadth
36 feet, mean drafit four.e n feet, dis
placement 1,710 tones, speed 16.S knots,
derived from engines of 3.4116 indicated
horse-power. She had a batter- of six
ix-lnch rlfl s and eight guns of sm-ll-
er calibre. The Bennington takes rank
among the efficient lit le : misers de
igned for -f peclal work in shallow wa
ter. The vess I s keel was lata in
nd she cost $-190,000. Her complement
Is sixteen officers and 181 men.
The Bennington left' this port ibout
three rfionlhs ago and went to Hono- j
lulu as staiiion rtilp at that port.. On
July 1 she sail d from the Hawaiian
port and went to San Diego, arriving
there on Wednesday la-t. When she
rolled from Honolulu she was under
orders to go to San Diego and there
fill her bunkers, with coal and th n
proceed to Panama, calling at numer
ous ports along the Central American
coast. Sho was to take the place of
the monitor Wyoming as station nftlp
there.
Washington, July 21 Following are
I sketches of officers of ;he Bennington,
several of whom, however, es-aped in
jury: .'.
Command r Luclen Young, u Ken
lui klan, who was ashore at the time
of the explosion, had been in, command
of the Bennington since November 14.
1H04.
Lieutenant Victor Blue, who was in
hospital ashore at the time, Joined
th- Bennington Augu t. 1004, serving
since as navigator and executive olll
cer. He is a native of North Carolina
and was apfwilnted from South Caro
lina. Lieutenant Alexander F. H. YUes
wns born tn Maine. Ills mother, Mrs.
A. R. Yai.es. lives in Wat rvllle. Me.
Ensign Charles T. Wade was born in
New Jersey. His next of kin Is Churles
N. Wade, father, Jlaekettstown. N. J.
Ensign MfWBwii K. Perry, Jr., was
born in South Carolina, November 26,
1KS0. and was appointed a naval cadet
from the Fourth district of South Caro
lina. S ptember 8, 197. He was promot
ed to ensign June 7. UKR. He Joined
the ltennington as a watrh -and divis
ion officer on March 9. 1MKI. HIp wife.
Mrs. Newman K. Perry, lives at Stock-
bridge, Mass.
Ensign Leo pohm was born In Iowa.
His fathMf rVSahm, lives tn Dubuque,
Iowa. .
Ensign T.ltulnay JL Lacy a; born In
TexAs March 11, 1S82. and appointed
i naval fadet from T:xa in September,
1898, promoted to be ensign on Febru
ary 3, 1903, nnd Joined the Bennington
on March 2. lSOUT' His father Is W.
M. Lacy, of Palestine) Tex.
Paymaster Charles Morrir, Jr., was
born In Rhode Island. His next of kin
Is Cul. Charles Morris, U. S. army, sta
tioned at San Francisco.
Past Assistant Surgeon P ck is one
of thwe who escaped by being ashore
The Wyoming had been at th- port of He joined the Bennington last April.
By reason of Ihe heavy lalnii In the
mountain section, and severe electri
cal dlslurlne s. The Clllxeu's Asso
ciated Press leased wire was put out
of business at 2 o'clock Ibis morning.
and It being the only wire available,
this rlty was cul off from telegraphic
communication i:ih the outside world
and tile news service ceased. Korlu
nately before ihe ttlies gave out n
very full and eoinpl :e account of tin
horrible disaster to the gunboat Ben
nlngton at San Diego had been re-
ei-.'lved. with possibly Ihe exception of
a few details.
The electrical disturbance had
most peculiar effect on the telegraph
Instruments attached to wire running
Into this- office, producing a humming
or burning sound which could be
heaid all over the office, and entliely
cui off the telegraph slgnils, unl
finally Ihe wire became entirely life
less and remained dead up to the time
of going to press. Thus it was Im
possible 'to get the full account of the
Inlernutloual tennis match at Wlm
bledom, further than the bure fact that
lloleomh and Lamed, the Americans,
had been defeated In th.' singles, the
wile falling In Ihe middle of the item
The telegraph operator said he heard
"noises like a llddl-e," but- the rest of
the force said he "had 'em again."
Tampu. Ma.. July HI. Harry Bom
ford, who seriously shot Capt. C. I.
Paik, when suiprlsed by the latter in
his home with his wife, was today
eliten.-ed by Judge tiordon to on
yeur In the county Jull, Ihe maximum
penally for aggravittiMl a-ss.kult. In
sentencing lloinfoid Ihe Judge state-
that the Jury would have been Justl
nVd in eoiivlcllng lit itl of assault with
Intent to murder. In which event the
oouit would have given him the max
Imum penalty under lllat charge SO
years.
RAWLINGS FOUND
GUILTY BY JURY
Valdosta, Oa., July 21. The jury In
the case of Milton Rawllngs, uh-uged
with the murder of the Carter children,
returned a verdict of guilty without a
reenmmenda Ion to mercy at 8:45
o'clock tonight. Rawllngs was- In court
wh the verdict was read. For the
first time since he has been on trial
he showed evidence of th terrible
straimnder which he tons been labor
ing. The court nook a recess until Mon
day, when Jese and Leonard Rawllngs
will be tried on the sanv charge.
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"' I EVER THINK ABOUT THIS?
TRIED TO KILL THE
SULTAN OF TURKEY
Abdul "tho Damned" Came
Near Getting His Passports
to the Pearly Gates
Brussels, July 21. A telegram to the
Petit Bleu from Coustaorlnople says:
During tl;e Selamllk here today a
bomb wis exploded In the courtyard of
tr- mosue, close to the ultan, His
majerty was not Injured, but several
members of his suite were killed or In
jured. Several arrests have been mnd'.
"BLACK KID" GIVEN ,
A REPRIEVE AT LAST
Starke. Kla., July 21. The negro
'mown as ''Black Kid." who was to
YELLOW FEVER :
IN (L ORLEANS
Traces of the Dread Disease
are Found by Two Mobile
Physicians
MANY STATES WILL
SEND INVESTIGATORS
- ' f if, .- v- ( jjr
Ail Travelers Must go toi thei
Detention Camp for Five
Days on Trial
New urleaiis. July 21. Drs. Oold-
wal; and MiM.re of the Mobile board
of health came here today on tha ia-
Itation of the Louisiana board of
health to Investigate two cases pos
sesslng syni ;oms of yellow fever, and
gave it as their opinion that It waa
yellow fever, with the result that tha
Mobile board of health Immediately
put on a iiuaiantlue ugalnst paasen
gors and household goods. -
Theie will be m quarantine against
merchandise, as -the shipments of that
will be under the regulations of the
(inference of southern health boards.'
The Texas and southern health boards
will have representatives here tomor
row. ..,--..
Dr. White of the Marine hospital
service has been ordered here to take
barge of a detention camp whicb will
be located at Avnndale, where trav
elers ran go and remain Ave days, and
hen with a certificate of non-lnfeo-.
ions will be admitted to any city ,
I'p to dale there han been no autop
, and until that has been, held the
ate board of health will not make
any announcement. - '
Mobile Takes Action ; ;
Mobile , Ala., July 21. Quarantine -
gainst New Orleaiv was put on this -
lave been hanged here today, was re- rjfternoon about J:45 o'clock and quar
vleved. Ihe physician having sent
telegram to the 'governor stating the
belief that he whs not sane. The gov
ernor postponed the execution In or-
ler to make possible an investigation
f Ihe question of sanity.
AMERICAN YACHT
GETS THE SECOND
Dorval, Quebec, July 21.-The American
yacht Manchester, the chall'nger for
the Seawanuhaka cup defeated the
Alexandri, the Canadian defender, In
the second race of the sell s today.
The Manchester's time was 28 nilnut s
and 62 socpmls belner han the Alexan
dra's. ' ' "" '"'
, No. 1 If ysu knew soma one w :s putting peisen in the town reservoir you'd soma an tha jump to stop
rt, wouldn't yeuT - r -
No. 2 But when yea knew that seme ana awta petsoncus adulterants in ysur feod . " "
Na. S Yeu ait right up and raid not anty yaurtelf, but your family with it. " ' ' , t t
PARLIAMENT NOT
TO BE DISSOLVED
London, July 22. It Is understood
that Premier Balfour has d elded to re
main In office until tho end of the ses
sion and to dissolve parliament In Oc
tober. No authoritative statement,
however, will be made until Monday,
and In the Interval this d cialon may
be modified.
online Inspectors were placed on- all
south-bound rains leaving thla city for
New Orleans after ttwt hour. Thla ac
tion was tre result of th? discovery of
yellow fever In -New Orleans by three
physician senf there to Investigate.
. . -j-, c: -i a iiii .in (i i.i
ELKS TO OPEN v ; ; ,
THE NEW DEPOT
LOCAL LOOSE WILL HAVE ft'QTAo
BLE FEATURE TO 80CIAT,
EVENING TUESDAY.
Gentrat Traffie Manager Hardwick If
Expected Hera and May ,'
Take Part.
THREE FAST HEATS
PACED AT WINDSOR
Detroit, July Sl.The fastest three
heats of the yeur were pne d today at
Windsor, In Hhe 2:0 pice. It waa tha
last day of the Wlndor harness races.
Hasel Patch won the three-heat race,
'making h r last two miles In i:06$4 and
VMV,.
Anndrosie, the Cleveland pacer, took
the first hmt In' 2:06.
Another library.
Winter Park, Fla., July 2!. Presi
dent Blackman of Kolllns college has
received from Andrew Carnegie an of
fer of a 120.000 libiary and an admin
istrative building for the college.
Arrangements aro being made b
the local lodge of Elks to make mem
orable their social evening next,
Tuesday by assisting at the opening;
of the new Souih?ren railway station
at that time in connection with tha
trolled ride already planned. A com
mittee consisting of Dr. Calloway, Dr,
Glenn and Mr. A Whit lock has been
appointed to confer with SupU Bam
seur In regard to this matter and
the plans will be completed within a
short time. The plan as It now
stands is for -the Elks to go on their
special ears together , with their ln
vlted guesets. to the new station and ,
there stop for a sufficient length of
time., to take pant In the ceremonies
attending the formal opening. " ?
It Is expected that General' Traffic.
Manager Hardlwck will be In the 'city
for lho opening and take part In the
progtam.. The program has not yet
been fully completed, but promises to .
be of an interesting nature. The Elk
will adopt resolutions thanking tha
Southern on behalf of the city for
erecting the handsume new station and
showing the Interest they do ip the.
welfare of the city. - ,i -, ,,.': i -
REED HANGED.
Oreen Cove Springs." Fla., July 2t.-r-Betiben
Heed,, colored,- was hanged,
here toduy. On the gallows ha cons
fessed the murder of which be waa
convicted, and In addition confessed
murdering; a white man.' '" ' '
BLACK SANDS OF THE PACIFIC COAST ARE
FOUND TO CONTAIN MANY MIKEHALS
Portland, Ore., July 21. Experiments
conducted In the blaak sands annex
to the mines and metallurgy building at
the Lewta and Clark exposition already
have demonstrated the wonderful value
of the black Binds of the Pacific North-
went, a mineral source which up to a
short time ago was of undetermined
Importance. The experiments are be
ing conducted by Prof. Rob rt H. Kkh
ards, dean of the department of mining
and metallurgy of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and Fred H.
Horton, an Instructor at the same In
stitution. Dr. David T. Day chief of
the bureau of mining and mineral re
sources of the United States geologksl
survey, la supervising the Investiga
tion. The blavk sands which are being ex
amined at She Lewis and Clark exposi
tion are found tn many places on the
Pacific seaboard and are valuable b--.
cause of the great variety of minerals
which they cont-iln. These Include gold
and platinum, tantalum, which is used
m manufacturing filaments for eecaric
light-;: osmium, a somewhat similar
substance which Is used for th same
purpose; large quantities of magnetic
Iron ore: chromlte, which Is used to
give deer green to the ensmel of por
celain: Irldosmlne, which is us-d for
polrr.lng told pe! such gems as gar
nets and topaxea, and the mlnerali
monoxlte, rutile and sircon.- Diamond,
dust also has been found, and it Is pry
slble ttwit some diamonds Uita em
to be commerclUly valuab.e as g
Oiay also b diHoverel,